Episodes

Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
The Week That Really Was 107 - Trump v Harris: Karl Rove predicts the election
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
"I've never seen a race like this" - John McGuirk talks to legendary Republican strategist Karl Rove about what to expect tonight as the Harris/Trump votes come in, and what key counties to watch in Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.

Friday Nov 01, 2024
The Week That Really Was 106 - Small lies like these
Friday Nov 01, 2024
Friday Nov 01, 2024
John and Sarah discuss the new Cillian Murphy "Ireland was awful" movie and it's predictable acclaim; offer final thoughts on the Trump/Harris campaign, and discuss issues that won't come up in Ireland's general election:

Friday Oct 25, 2024
The Week That Really Was 105 - All this stuff is normal
Friday Oct 25, 2024
Friday Oct 25, 2024
John and Sarah discuss the latest developments in sex ed, the passage of the hate crime bill, the government clearing the decks for an election, and why John has full blown Trump derangement syndrome, god love him.

Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
The Week That Really Was 104 - Nonsenseland
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
With an election due to be called any day now, John and Sarah review the state of the opposition. Also: Councils ban Bibi, Roderic escapes scrutiny, and tragedy in Argentina.

Friday Oct 11, 2024
The Week That Really Was 103 - Bad Teacher
Friday Oct 11, 2024
Friday Oct 11, 2024
Sarah and John discuss the spy in the Oireachtas, Sinn Fein forgetting how to do politics, Scary Movies, Scarier Sex Education, and the Government buying the media in a packed podcast this week.

Sunday Oct 06, 2024
TRSI 410 - An education on sexual education
Sunday Oct 06, 2024
Sunday Oct 06, 2024
So let's have a chat about DCU's training course for SPHE teachers and where it's coming from.
https://gript.ie/photos-inside-the-dcu-sphe-course-fisting-writing-sex-scenes-porn-terms-examined/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqeAMtxbrsM

Friday Oct 04, 2024
The Week That Really Was 102 - One angry man
Friday Oct 04, 2024
Friday Oct 04, 2024
John and Sarah walk through the budget, John's row with an unfortunate Fine Gael canvasser, the latest celeb muck from Philip Schofield and P. Diddy, and the horrifying case of the woman allegedly tortured in Dublin.

Friday Sep 27, 2024
The Week That Really Was 101 - We can hate who we want, now
Friday Sep 27, 2024
Friday Sep 27, 2024
In the aftermath of the defeat of the hate speech legislation, John and @sarahcatryan unleash a torrent of what some might consider hate speech towards the bike shed, the children's hospital, various members of the Government, and President Higgins.

Friday Sep 20, 2024
The Week That Really Was 100 - The voters, the fools
Friday Sep 20, 2024
Friday Sep 20, 2024
John and Sarah examine the contradiction between Fine Gael's standing in the polls and the state of Scoliosis treatment for children. Also: Simeon Burke and the law library, Micheal Martin's endless leadership, and did Israel blunder in Lebanon?

Friday Sep 13, 2024
The Week That Really Was 99 - They're eating the dogs
Friday Sep 13, 2024
Friday Sep 13, 2024
The big debate in America; The big windfall at home; Another clue about the election date; and Ireland's useless opposition misses again - John and Sarah round up the week.